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SOUVENIR OF FLAG D.\Y. JUNE 14. 1909 



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Composed by and dedicated to ASBURY PARK LODGE, B. P. O. ELKS, Number 128. by Brother 
Hartie I. Phillips. (A sbort allusion is made to every State in the Union, leading up to our national 
air, "America, which will be sung at the end or the third stanza.) 



There s Maine ■with her rocky shores,- New Hampshire, XV hite Mountains, see, 

Massachusetts -with her Bunker Hul,- and there s sunny Tennessee ; 

Kentucky with her Mammoth Cave,- and New Jersey s ocean blue. 

Connecticut, ■w^ith river grand,- Mississippi II also do ; 

There s v irginia s vast tobacco fields,- and there s Oklahoma young. 

Or Carolina s cotton rields, many pretty ■jii^s. are sung; 

Illinois great Chicago has,- or Nevada s j old rields tell, 

Rhode Island has her Newport,- and New York you can t excel. 

REFRAIN : 

For the U. S. stands for us.- happy family are -we. 
The stars, the stripes, the eagle, emblems are, of Liberty ; 
Then give three cheers, and hurrah, to our great flag of the free. 
For tis our own, our native land, " My country, tis of thee. 

California s climate and big trees,- Vermont, her mountains^g^reen, 
Colorado, lofty Pike s Peak,- Utah, Salt Lake, serene : 
IK/ Dela'w^are luscious peaches grow,- Indiana s corn fields wave, 
Montana ivith her copper mines,- and Texas, cowboys brave ; 
Pennsylvania s pride, her Liberty bell.- in Washington, 4» Seattle, fair. 
Wisconsin hxs great lumber mills.- Arkansas. Hot Springs, rare ; 
In Georgia famous pine trees thrive,- m Dikotas . Black Hills stand. 
Minnesota, golden wheat fields, and Florida, our orange land. 

(Refrain.) 

There s ^Vyomlng"s Rocky Mountain steep,- Kansas" prairies, cattle graze. 
Oregon s salmon fisheries.- Nebraska s oat fields. 4^ soft wind, sways, 
Louisiana s sugar cane,- of Iowa s lead mines tell, 
Mirylands noted terrapin,- and Idaho's mmes as well, 
Michigan s mission furniture,- Missouri, St. Louis has, 
Ohio, ■woolen industries,- Alabama s iron mines, ■will pass: '' 
And last, not least, is W^ashington, and the Capitol, there you mc. 
\Vhere are made the law^s that govern, for this great i»nd of the free. 

(Refrain.) 

For the U. S, stands for us,- happy family are ■w^e. 

The stars, the stripes, the eagle, emblems are, of Liberty. 

Then give three cheers, and hurrah, to our great flag, of the free, 

ALL JOIN IN THE CHORUS, " My country, 'tis of thee." 

Chorus {to he sung). 

My country, tis of thee, 
S^weet land of liberty. 
Of thee I sing ; 
Land ■where my fathers died. 
Land of the Pilgrims' pride. 
From every mountain ide. 
Let freedom riTi^. 



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